Comfort games-- like comfort food only comsumed via PC and contain no calories.

[JohnT]

*Originally posted by randwill *
**“Riven” for me. But it’s of a genre most of you are probably unaware of. It’s called an “Adventure Game”. No cars to steal, or whores to run over, or buildings to blow up, or giant monsters whose bloody guts will splatter gloriously.

These type games are more contemplative and cerebral, if you will. More comforting to me than cutting heads off trolls with axes.

Adventure games are getting harder to find in America, where the mindless violent stuff sells best. But if you want to venture into more thought-provoking game territory (more thought-provoking than: “That blowed up real good!”) I recommend looking for games like: “Sanitarium”, “Grim Fandango”, “Syberia”, “The Longest Journey”, “Legacy of Time”, “Zork Nemesis”, “Blackstone Chronicles”, “Darkfall”, "Obsidian"and the “Myst Trilogy” which includes the above mentioned “Riven” along with “Exile” and the original “Myst” which used to be the best-selling game of all time. (Don’t know if it still is.) You’ll have to put on your thinking cap to finish these, but looking around this country, I don’t see that as a bad thing.

Also, I understand that most gamers want just the opposite of having to think when they relax with a game. So to each his own. **

Appreciate the snide social commentary in a game thread. Get out much? :rolleyes:

[ElwoodCuse]

*Originally posted by Wang-Ka *
**Hee, hee. Unreal Tournament is good, but I don’t regard it as a “comfort game.”

Although I find it very soothing to frag bots left and right after a hard day’s work. Helps get the venom out and makes me a nicer person to deal with, y’know?
**

For extra fun, try renaming the bots with people you dislike.